Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has made it clear that the stakes were high for him in the coming Lok Sabha election in Chamarajanagar and Mysuru constituencies.
Kicking off his three-day election campaign in the two Lok Sabha constituencies by addressing a rally on Monday at Biligere in his home constituency of Varuna, which is part of the Chamarajanagar (reserved for SC) Lok Sabha segment, Mr. Siddaramaiah made an impassioned appeal to people to give the Congress a lead of 60,000 votes in Varuna, but also indirectly linked his continuation in the Chief Minister’s post to the performance of the Congress candidate in the constituency.
Though the Varuna Assembly constituency is part of Mysuru district, the home constituency of Mr. Siddaramaiah is part of the Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha segment along with Nanjangud, T. Narsipur, and H.D. Kote Assembly constituencies. Kollegal, Gundlupet, Chamarajanagar, and Hanur constitute the remaining four Assembly constituencies of the constituency.
